Well, I'll jump into the fray. No one has mentioned my favorite. But since
I am the 'libearian' in the 'libeary' does it make a 'libation's
specialist'? Too many announcements in my school are made by professionals
telling us to meet in the 'libeary'.
I am a Yankee by birth and a southerner now. These are some definitely
southern phrases 'to stand on line' and 'to put toys up'(I am not sure how
far up the toys will go :) )
Best regards
Evelyn Gross
----- Original Message -----
From: "Barbara Allen" <BSAllen@AOL.COM>
To: <LM_NET@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU>
Sent: Saturday, April 20, 2002 2:14 PM
Subject: Re: Grammar pet peeves
> I'm really enjoying this thread and I have a couple of comments. Standing
on
> line is apparently something regional that started east of Arizona but
have
> definitely reached us now. My own pet peeve is my mother-in-law's
insistence
> that she drove the freeway rather than driving ON the freeway. Is that
> regional, too? And my favorite new addition to the language isn't a
phrase,
> it's a concept. My husband suggested that our school district would be
> better managed if every week the employees got to "vote someone off the
> island"! I love that idea!
>
> Barbara Allen
> Program Analyst
> Library Services
> Site #5619
> Tucson Unified School District
> Tucson, AZ
> bsallen@aol.com
>
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